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CVE-2017-12115

MEDIUM
Published 2018-01-19T22:00:00Z
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CVSS Score

V3.0
6.8
/10
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A Impact: N/A

EPSS Score

v2025.03.14
0.002
probability
of exploitation in the wild

There is a 0.2% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.

Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.373
Higher than 37.3% of all CVEs

Attack Vector Metrics

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED

Impact Metrics

Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE

Description

An exploitable improper authorization vulnerability exists in miner_setEtherbase API of cpp-ethereum's JSON-RPC (commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768). A JSON request can cause an access to the restricted functionality resulting in authorization bypass.

Available Exploits

No exploits available for this CVE.

Related News

No news articles found for this CVE.

Affected Products

Talos

CPP-Ethereum

Affected Versions:

Ethereum commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768

GitHub Security Advisories

Community-driven vulnerability intelligence from GitHub

⚠ Unreviewed HIGH

GHSA-656q-c3hc-863w

Advisory Details

An exploitable improper authorization vulnerability exists in miner_setEtherbase API of cpp-ethereum's JSON-RPC (commit 4e1015743b95821849d001618a7ce82c7c073768). A JSON request can cause an access to the restricted functionality resulting in authorization bypass.

CVSS Scoring

CVSS Score

7.5

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

ADVISORY https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12115
WEB https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0467
WEB http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102475

Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: May 13, 2022, Modified: May 13, 2022

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102475
https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2017-0467
Published: 2018-01-19T22:00:00Z
Last Modified: 2024-09-16T16:58:17.274Z
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